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About the performer

Jenna Ushkowitz

JENNA USHKOWITZ is known for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang for five seasons of the three-time Emmy nominated Fox television series Glee. Prior to becoming a Gleek, Jenna was on Broadway in the Tony-winning production of Spring Awakening, performing the roles of Ilse, Martha, Anna, and Thea. Jenna
released her first memoir, Choosing Glee, in May
2013, a heartfelt, practical guide for teens on
how to be your true self, gain self-esteem, and
find inner confidence. Baseball fans know Jenna
as the first host of Yankees on Deck, which is a
sports show geared towards young audiences
on the YES Network.

Jenna made her Broadway debut at the age
of nine in the 1996 revival of The King and I,
and performed with the original cast in the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that year. She
played Little Red Riding Hood in two separate
productions of Into the Woods (at Trinity
Theatre and the Teresa Lang), and has traveled
and performed across the country with The
Broadway Kids. She can be heard on various
cast recordings, including The King and I,
Broadway Kids Back on Broadway, and The
Broadway Kids Sing America. Her television
credits include Sesame Street, Reading
Rainbow, As the World Turns, and the pilot The
Imagination Movers for Playhouse Disney.

Jenna has appeared on Nickelodeon’s Kids’
Choice Awards, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee,
The Rosie O’Donnell Show, and Late Night with
Conan O’Brien, and has sung the national anthem
at home games for the New York Knicks and
the L.A. Dodgers. Her independent film credits
include Don Gaille’s Babyface and Georgia Lee’s
Educated. She attended Marymount Manhattan
College, graduating with a B.A. in Acting and a
minor in Musical Theatre.